Leary vs Redwater

A side-by-side comparison of Leary and Redwater: population, income, housing, and more.

Leary and Redwater are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Redwater has the higher population (957 vs 564 in Leary). Leary has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $48,942 in Redwater). Leary has the higher median home value ($164,800 vs $89,700 in Redwater).

Population, income & housing

	Leary	Redwater
Population	564	957
Median age	42.0 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$48,942
Median home value	$164,800	$89,700
Median gross rent	$875	$796
Housing units	250	414
Homeownership rate	75.1%	54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leary	Redwater
Population	550 → 564 (+2.5%)	1,145 → 957 (-16.4%)
Median household income	$45,938 → $53,750 (+17.0%)	$51,313 → $48,942 (-4.6%)
Median home value	$66,100 → $164,800 (+149.3%)	$86,300 → $89,700 (+3.9%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $875 (+25.0%)	$967 → $796 (-17.7%)

Leary

Population

550564

Median household income

$45,938$53,750

Median home value

$66,100$164,800

Median gross rent

$700$875

Redwater

Population

1,145957

Median household income

$51,313$48,942

Median home value

$86,300$89,700

Median gross rent

$967$796

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leary	Redwater
Under 5	4.3%	7.6%
5 to 17	13.7%	22.4%
18 to 24	12.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	19.0%
35 to 44	5.7%	7.5%
45 to 54	17.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.4%
65 to 74	13.3%	5.7%
75 and over	8.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leary	Redwater
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	88.9%
Black or African American	5.7%	7.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.8%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leary	Redwater
No high school diploma	24.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	34.4%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leary	Redwater
Drove alone	80.4%	88.0%
Carpooled	11.6%	6.1%
Public transit	2.2%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	2.4%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leary	Redwater
1-unit, detached	44.4%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	55.6%	33.6%

Poverty & households

	Leary	Redwater
Poverty rate	17.6%	18.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1986	1984